GWN7600 Firmware Release Note IMPORTANT UPGRADING NOTE GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 1
Table of Content IMPORTANT UPGRADING NOTE... 1 FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.3.25... 3 PRODUCT NAME... 3 DATE... 3 BUG FIX... 3 KNOWN ISSUE... 3 FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.3.19... 5 PRODUCT NAME... 5 DATE... 5 ENHANCEMENT... 5 BUG FIX... 5 KNOWN ISSUE... 6 NEW FEATURE OVERVIEW... 6 FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.1.36... 12 PRODUCT NAME... 12 DATE... 12 IMPORTANT UPGRADING NOTE... 12 GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 2
FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.3.25 PRODUCT NAME GWN7600 DATE 9/20/2017 BUG FIX Fixed issue that GWN7600's 5G radio power won t take effect after select frequency to only 5G. Fixed issue that WiFi client cannot connect to the 802.11g AP WIFI when it uses the 802.11b protocol. Fixed issue that WeChat authentication for Captive portal sometimes behaves abnormal and it will be hard for WIFI client to authenticate when issue happens. Fixed issue that Captive Portal Policy changes require a reboot to take effect. Fixed issue that device cannot catch packet if a value is set in File Size option. Fixed issue that 2.4GHz mode need to be enabled for changing Channel Width and Active Spatial Streams. Fixed issue that WeChat authentication of Captive portal does not work, when adopting WIFI has WEP security mode. Fixed issue that If only 802.11r is enabled, Voice enterprise feature will not take effect. Fixed issue that iphone does not work with current Minimum RSSI design. Internal bug fixes KNOWN ISSUE "Band Steering" and "Gateway MAC address" options and requires a system reboot to take effect. Configuring Radius server address with domain name instead of IP will cause the WIFI under configuration become open without authentication. Hostname on client page and the Top AP \ Top SSID \ Top Clients on overview page may show empty occasionally. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 3
After clicking on the reset button in maintenance page, it may prompt "Reset failed!". When Facebook and WeChat authentication are enabled at the same time, client cannot redirect to landing page after Facebook auth success. After many times of enabling and disabling Captive Portal, there is chances that WIFI clients can access to Internet without authentication challenge. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 4
FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.3.19 PRODUCT NAME GWN7600 DATE 7/14/2017 ENHANCEMENT Added support for Captive Portal Added support for 802.11k/r/v (Enable Voice Enterprise) Added support for Failover Master Added support for VLAN assignment via RADIUS Added support for Select Band per SSID Added support for Exact Radio Power Configuration in dbm Added support for AP Locating by Blinking LED Added support for Per-Client/Per-SSID Bandwidth Management Added support for Limit Client Count per SSID Added support for WIFI schedule Added support for LED control Added support for Enabling/Disabling DHCP option 66 for firmware upgrade BUG FIX Internal bug fixes GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 5
KNOWN ISSUE "Band Steering" and "Gateway MAC address" options and requires a system reboot to take effect. Configuring Radius server address with domain name instead of IP will cause the WIFI under configuration become open without authentication. Hostname on client page and the Top AP \ Top SSID \ Top Clients on overview page may show empty occasionally. GWN7600's 5G radio power won t take effect after select frequency to only 5G. Client cannot connect to the 802.11g AP WIFI when it uses the 802.11b protocol. After clicking on the reset button in maintenance page, it may prompt "Reset failed!". WeChat authentication for Captive portal sometimes behaves abnormal and it will be hard for WIFI client to authenticate when issue happens. When Facebook and WeChat authentication are enabled at the same time, client cannot redirect to landing page after Facebook auth success. After many times of enabling and disabling Captive Portal, there is chances that WIFI clients can access to Internet without authentication challenge. Device cannot catch packet if a value is set in "File Size" option. Captive Portal Policy changes require a reboot to take effect. 2.4GHz mode need to be enabled for changing Channel Width and Active Spatial Streams. WeChat authentication of Captive portal does not work, when adopting WIFI has WEP security mode. If only 802.11r is enabled, Voice enterprise feature will not take effect. iphone does not work with current Minimum RSSI design. NEW FEATURE OVERVIEW Captive Portal You can configure different portal policies with names and adopt one policy while configuring your Network groups. Captive portal now also supports authentication by Radius and WeChat/Facebook. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 6
802.11k/r/v (Enable Voice Enterprise) Configuration available at Network Group->Add/Edit->WIFI-> Enable Voice Enterprise / Enable 11R / Enable 11K / Enable 11V GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 7
Failover Master Failover Master is supported on GWN7600LR now. You can specify a slave AP as failover master. Whenever it detects the master is down, it will promote itself to be as failover master. After then, if master comes back, failover master will automatically go back to slave mode, or if the master doesn t come back to alive, Administrator can login to turn the failover master to true master and take over all controls. AP Locating by Blinking LED Now, when you can t match your AP list on web with your real AP deployment in the field. This feature will help you to find your AP. Select Band per SSID Configuration available at Network Group->Add/Edit->WIFI-> SSID band. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 8
Exact Radio Power Configuration in dbm Configuration available at Access Point->Edit->Configuration-> Custom 2.4GHz Wireless Power (dbm). Per-Client/Per-SSID Bandwidth Management Configuration available at Per-SSID: Network Group->Add/Edit->WIFI-> Upstream Rate / Downstream Rate. Per-Client: Client->Edit->Bandwidth Rules-> Add new item. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 9
General configuration: Bandwidth Rules on left root menu bar. Limit Client Count per SSID Configuration available at Network Group->Add/Edit->WIFI-> Wireless Client Limit. WIFI schedule User can configure WIFI on/off schedule under Network Group->Edit->Schedule. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 10
LED control User can define the LED on/off schedule in following page. Enabling/Disabling DHCP option 66 for firmware upgrade Configuration available at System Settings->Maintenance->Upgrade-> Allow DHCP options 66 and 43 override. GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 11
FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.1.36 PRODUCT NAME GWN7600 DATE 3/15/2017 IMPORTANT UPGRADING NOTE This is the initial official release of GWN7600 GRANDSTREAM NETWORKS GWN7600 Firmware Release Note Page 12